KR20110094062A - Conveyance member made of cfrp and robot hand employing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A conveyance member made of CFRP, comprising a high elastic modulus pitch-based carbon fiber reinforced resin composite material layer (pitch-based CFRP layer) and a flexible resin layer having a lower tensile modulus than the matrix resin constituting the pitch-based CFRP layer. Particularly, the pitch-based CFRP layer is a unidirectional material in which carbon fibers are oriented without a perforation line in the longitudinal direction of the conveying member, and is made of a CFRP carrier having a structure in which a flexible resin layer is interposed between at least two pitch-based CFRP layers. absence.

Description

Conveying member made by CPF and robot hand using it {CONVEYANCE MEMBER MADE OF CFRP AND ROBOT HAND EMPLOYING THE SAME}

The present invention is made of a carbon fiber reinforced composite material (hereinafter referred to as "CFRP"), which is lightweight and excellent in flatness, bending rigidity, heat resistance, and the like, used for a robot hand mounted on the arm of an industrial robot. The present invention relates to a member made of a pitch-based carbon material excellent in vibration damping rate characteristics. Moreover, this invention relates to the robot hand which used this conveyance member as a support part of a workpiece | work.

A member such as a robot hand of an industrial robot is attached to the tip of the robot arm, and supports, grips, and pinches the work through the operation of the robot arm. The industrial robot carries out various processing by mounting a machine or welding device. In particular, a robot hand for transport is mounted on the tip of the arm, and in particular, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), a silicon wafer, and the like. It is used suitably for the board | substrate conveyance used for the manufacturing process of a precision article.

At present, LCDs and PDPs have spurred their enlargement, and the size of glass substrates used in LCDs has also increased. Accordingly, it is necessary to increase the size of these transfer robot hands. In addition, the size of the robot hand for transport of the large-sized plasma display panel (PDP) needs to be larger than the LCD hand robot hand.

Conventionally, metals, such as iron, stainless steel, and aluminum, have been used as a material for the robot hand for transport. As the mass of the conveyed material increases, a higher elastic modulus, that is, a material that is difficult to deform, is required. In addition, the increase in the size of the robot hand causes an increase in the mass (self-weight) of the hand member itself, and has a problem that the self-weight bending increases. On the other hand, in the above-mentioned metal material, there was a limit also to high rigidity and light weight. As a substitute for such a metal material, a fiber-reinforced composite material (Fiber Reinforced Plastic: hereinafter abbreviated as "FRP") has been used. In particular, the conveying member which has what is called a solid cross section which consists of a solid material of CFRP is spreading.

However, in the present situation in which the enlargement is further progressed, even if it is the solid material of CFRP used so far, there exists a problem that the robot hand itself becomes heavy and the curvature by its own weight becomes large. In addition, the heavier the robot hand, the greater the load on the robot drive system, which may affect the design and cost of the robot itself.

In such a situation, by reducing the thickness of the conveying member or narrowing the width of the work support surface, the self-weight bending can be eliminated to some extent. However, the countermeasure of bending of the robot hand is reduced. The bending (load bending) at the time of support becomes large. In particular, in the case of the robot hand equipped with the long conveying member in the cantilever shape as the work support part, the warpage at the distal end portion is increased, which may cause a problem of collision with the storage device (substrate cassette) of the work. Moreover, the vibration etc. at the time of supporting a workpiece | work also become easy to become large, and the vibration damping characteristic also had a problem which deteriorated. As a result, there exists a possibility of causing trouble to work support or conveyance.

Conventionally, about manufacture of the conveyance member using CFRP, as described in patent document 1 (Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2000-343476), the prepreg sheet containing carbon fiber is laminated | stacked, and it heats and thermosets several sheets. The skin layer made of the plate-shaped CFRP and the core layer made of CFRP are separately formed, the skin layer is laminated on the upper and lower surfaces of the core layer as a core, and the core layer and the skin layer are adhesive. The technique of bonding together and manufacturing is proposed.

In this case, the skin layer is laminated with a plurality of prepreg sheets having different orientations of carbon fibers to improve bending stiffness, vibration damping characteristics, heat resistance, and the like. In addition, the core layer combines a honeycomb core made of a metal or fiber assembly such as aluminum and a CFRP material to achieve weight reduction and to improve bending rigidity, vibration damping characteristics, and heat resistance.

However, even this method is not able to sufficiently cope with the further enlargement of the robot hand, and further improvement is required.

Under such a situation, a method of manufacturing a conveying member which is further reduced in weight and secured necessary bending stiffness, vibration damping characteristics, and the like due to the increase in size has been proposed.

In Patent Document 2 (Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2002-292592), a prepreg sheet is laminated on a predetermined surface of a core material, heated and cured, and then taken out of the core material for conveyance of a hollow structure serving as a supporting part of a robot hand. A method of reducing the weight of the core material from which the member is formed or used, and remaining the core material, has been proposed. Moreover, in patent document 3 (Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2002-292591) similarly, in order to form the conveyance member of a hollow structure, the prepreg sheet is wound by multiple layers around the core material in order to simplify manufacture. Is proposed.

In the proposals according to Patent Literatures 2 and 3, the warping due to the own weight of the conveying member itself is greatly improved, but the vibration at the time of lifting and lowering the workpiece may be a problem as the weight of the workpiece to be supported by this member is increased. In particular, the glass substrate for LCD is stored and conveyed so that each substrate does not come into contact with each other on a shelf called a substrate cassette. If the vibration damping property of the conveying member serving as a supporting unit is poor, the glass substrate for the LCD is waited until the vibration is calm when inserting into the cassette. You will need to insert it later. As a result, the speed of the production line is lowered, which causes a problem in productivity. In addition, the glass substrate itself tends to be thinner while its external shape is enlarged, and the substrate itself tends to bend and vibrate. Therefore, the improvement of the vibration damping characteristic further is calculated | required also for the conveyance member for conveying such a glass substrate.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM First, as a result of further examining about the CFRP conveyance member of the hollow structure disclosed by the said patent documents 2, 3, it turns out that the carbon fiber to be used is made into highly elastic pitch type carbon fiber, and is easily vibrated by changing the shape. It was found that the damping property can be significantly improved (Patent Document 4).

On the other hand, it is known to use elastic members, such as rubber | gum, than before as a material which gives vibration damping property (vibration damping and dustproof).

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication 2000-343476 Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication 2002-292592 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-292591 WO 2005/102618

Pitch-based carbon fibers having a high modulus of elasticity have excellent vibration damping properties due to their characteristics, but it is difficult to say that they can be sufficiently coped with when transporting a workpiece that is enlarged in recent years, and further improvement has been required.

An object of this invention is to provide the conveyance member which further improved the vibration damping property of pitch-type carbon fiber in view of such a situation.

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM The present inventors reached | attained the following invention as a result of earnestly examining.

That is, the present invention is a high elastic modulus pitch-based carbon fiber reinforced resin composite material layer (hereinafter, pitch-based CFRP layer) and

It is related with the conveyance member made from CFRP containing the flexible resin layer which has the tensile elasticity modulus lower than the matrix resin which comprises this pitch CFRP layer.

In particular, the pitch-based CFRP layer is preferably a unidirectional material in which carbon fibers are oriented without a cut line in the longitudinal direction of the conveying member. Moreover, it is preferable that it is a structure which the flexible resin layer interposed between pitch-based CFRP layers, and it is preferable that it is a heat resistant rubber layer as a flexible resin layer.

The CFRP conveying member of the present invention has a footnote pipe shape, a pitch-based CFRP layer is disposed on at least an upper and lower surface of the footnote pipe, and the flexible resin layer is interposed between the pitch-based CFRP layers. It is preferable to have a structure.

The said CFRP conveyance member is used in a cantilever state, It is preferable that the said rubber layer is interposed in the range of 1/3 or more of the whole length continuously in a fixed end side.

In addition, the present invention is a robot hand mounted to the tip of the arm of an industrial robot, comprising a support for supporting a work and a holder for holding the support to the tip of the arm, wherein the support is the CFRP conveying member It relates to a robot hand.

In particular, it is related with the robot hand which hold | maintains and fixes at least 2 CFRP conveyance members to a holder part in a cantilever state.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the conveyance member which does not inhibit the characteristic which a high elasticity modulus pitch system CFRP material has, and is excellent in vibration damping property is provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The schematic diagram (a), sectional drawing (b), and the partial enlarged view (c) of the conveyance member which are one Embodiment of this invention are shown.
Fig. 2 is a perspective conceptual view showing an example of a robot hand using a conveying member in the present invention.
It is a figure explaining the evaluation method of a vibration damping characteristic.
4 is a graph showing together the results of vibration damping characteristics of Example 1 (member for conveyance (A)) and Comparative Example 1 (member for conveyance (D)).
5 is a graph showing a time change of the deformation amount in each of Examples and Comparative Examples.

1: is a perspective view (a), sectional drawing (b), and the enlarged sectional view (c) of the CFRP conveyance member 1 of the footnote pipe shape which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. 2 shows the robot hand 10 equipped with the CFRP conveyance member 1 shown in FIG. The robot hand 10 is mounted on the tip of an arm of an industrial robot, and supports a workpiece W such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), a semiconductor wafer, or a precision device to carry and carry it. To be used.

In FIG. 2, the CFRP conveyance member 1 is hold | maintained in the cantilever state by the holder 2, and the several CFRP conveyance member 1 is hold | maintained by the holder 2, as shown in FIG. The robot hand 10 of the same fork shape is comprised. The tip portion may be in an open state, and as shown in FIG. 2, the prepreg sheet may be bent at the time of manufacture of the hollow member described later to close the tip portion. Or the cap which consists of elastic members, such as rubber | gum, may be inserted in the front-end | tip part of an opening state. Moreover, a sensor etc. are attached to the air supply pipe at the time of non-contact-supporting the workpiece | work W to the hollow part of the conveyance member 1, the suction pipe at the time of adsorption support of a workpiece | work, or the tip of the conveyance member 1, etc. Wiring in the case can be arranged. In addition, although the example which mounted three conveying members 1 with the adsorption pad 3 to the holder 2 is shown in FIG. 2, it is not limited to this, Comprising: Two or more conveying members can be attached and comprised, Can be. When attaching the conveying member 1 to the holder 2, what is necessary is just to tighten a bolt using the fixing hole 18. FIG. At this time, you may form buffer materials, such as a rubber material, on the joining surface of the holder 2 and the conveyance member 1. In addition, the suction pad hole 19 may be formed in the conveyance member 1, and the suction pad 3 may be attached as shown in FIG.

The material of the holder 2 is not specifically limited, It has sufficient strength to hold | maintain CFRP conveyance member 1 in a cantilevered state, What is necessary is just to increase weight more than necessary when it is set as a robot hand, For example, aluminum material, FPR material, these hydride products, etc. can be used. CFRP thing can be used preferably similarly to the conveyance member (1).

In addition, although the conveying member which has a hollow square pipe structure is illustrated in this example, it is good also as a plate-shaped member as shown in patent document 1, In that case, a plate-shaped member is disclosed by patent document 1 You may comprise the hand shape | molded in the shape of the fork-shaped as shown, and fixed to the holder. Or it may be a member of a solid structure. In addition, the cross-sectional shape is not limited to the rectangular shape, but various shapes can be selected. Especially, it is preferable to set it as the elongate member which has a hollow structure from a viewpoint of suppressing curvature by self weight.

Hereinafter, the hollow member 1 for conveyance of a pipe shape will be described in more detail.

The conveyance member 1 which concerns on this invention has a structure containing the high elastic modulus pitch system CFRP layer excellent in vibration damping property, and the flexible resin layer whose tensile modulus is lower than the matrix resin of this CFRP layer. It is especially preferable to have a structure which inserted the flexible resin layer between pitch-based CFRP layers.

In order to express the characteristic of a pitch type carbon fiber effectively, it is preferable to use the material which has a certain elasticity modulus also as a matrix resin. Usually, thermosetting resins, such as an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, a cyanate resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, a polyimide resin, and a bis maleimide resin, are used as a matrix resin. In this case, it is preferable that it can endure high temperature, high humidity environment. Moreover, the thermosetting resin may add the fine particle which consists of rubber | gum or resin to a thermosetting resin, or the thermoplastic resin melt | dissolved in a thermosetting resin for the purpose of providing impact resistance and toughness. In such a use, the epoxy resin which is a thermosetting resin is used preferably.

The flexible resin layer interposed between the pitch-based CFRP layers can be used as long as it is a resin layer having a lower tensile modulus than the matrix resin, and an elastic material such as rubber or elastomer is preferable. As a tensile elasticity modulus of a flexible resin layer, it is 0.1-500 Mpa, Preferably it is 0.1-100 Mpa, More preferably, it is 0.1-50 Mpa.

In addition, as a flexible resin layer, since the conversion from carbon fiber prepreg to CFRP is performed by thermosetting, it is preferable to use the material which is also stable about the heat at that time. Moreover, it is preferable that a flexible resin layer is a material excellent in adhesiveness with a pitch type CFRP material. From this point of view, the flexible resin material is preferably styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), chloroprene rubber (CR), butyl rubber (IIR), nitrile rubber (NBR), ethylene propylene rubber (EPM, EPDM), or the like. A heat resistant rubber material is mentioned.

The flexible resin layer may be a single layer of the above-mentioned elastic material, but may be one obtained by impregnating latex with a nonwoven fabric such as glass fiber or carbon fiber.

The thicker the thickness of the flexible resin layer is, the better the vibration damping property is, but the mechanical strength and rigidity of the resulting conveying member tend to be lowered. Therefore, the thickness of a flexible resin layer is 0.05 mm-0.7 mm, Preferably it is 0.05 mm-0.5 mm, More preferably, the range of 0.05 mm-0.25 mm is preferable.

In order to make it excellent in light weight, bending rigidity, heat resistance, etc., high elasticity pitch CFRP is used. In the present invention, 40% or more is used as the carbon fiber in the volume ratio of the whole reinforcing fiber using the pitch-based carbon fiber having a tensile modulus of 490 to 950 Pa. If the volume ratio is less than 40%, sufficient rigidity cannot be obtained, and a member having high vibration damping characteristics cannot be obtained. Preferably it is 60% or more. Although all of the reinforcing fibers used may be high elastic carbon fibers, some of other reinforcing fibers, such as PAN-based carbon fibers having a tensile modulus of less than 490 GPa, glass fibers, aramid fibers, silicon carbide fibers and the like, are known. You may comprise with the reinforced fiber which became. For example, when the pitch-based carbon fiber is made up to 90% by volume relative to the entire reinforcing fiber, and the balance is used in combination with other reinforcing fibers, particularly PAN-based carbon fiber having a tensile modulus of less than 490 GPa, mechanical performance and vibration Frequently, the results are desirable in terms of attenuation characteristics and cost.

This conveyance member 1 is manufactured according to the process as described, for example in the said patent document 2. First, a core material, a circular prepreg sheet, and a tape material for the flexible resin layer are prepared as preparation steps. The core material is molded in correspondence with the shape of the conveying member 1, and has a certain rigidity in order to function as a so-called dam plate when laminating the prepreg sheet, and when forming the conveying member 1 In order to function as what is called a medium type | mold, the thing of the material which has a property which does not deform | transform below the heating temperature in a heating process, and can be easily taken out from the CFRP member after heat-hardening is used. From such a viewpoint, as a material of a core material, metals, such as aluminum, iron, stainless steel, MC nylon resin, a polyimide resin, etc. are suitable, for example. Since the said metal, resin, etc. have a larger thermal expansion rate than CFRP, it shrinks by cooling after heating, and it becomes easy to take out. Moreover, you may give a mold release material to the surface of a core material as needed. The release material may be any method such as application of a medicament (for example, a surfactant) by spraying or the like or use of a release sheet such as a Teflon (registered trademark) sheet.

In addition, the heating non-deformation at the said predetermined temperature means that it has a property which hardly deforms at the heating temperature in the heating process mentioned later. Almost no deformation at the heating temperature means that the material of the core material does not melt or bend, bend, warp, warp, wrinkle, fold, or the like under the heating conditions described below. Moreover, the said predetermined temperature means the temperature of about 100-190 degreeC or more, for example according to the thermosetting temperature of the matrix resin of the circular prepreg sheet mentioned later.

For example, the core material for producing the conveyance member 1 of FIG. 1 is a rectangular-shaped square material with a long cross section.

The circular prepreg sheet is obtained by impregnating a matrix resin with a sheet of carbon fibers, and is a sheet in an uncured state. For example, the plurality of prepreg sheets to be laminated use a unidirectional prepreg sheet in which pitch-based carbon fibers having a tensile modulus of 490 to 950 GPa are arranged without a cut line in the longitudinal direction of the conveying member, and the remainder is mainly used as a tensile modulus of tensile strength. PAN-based carbon fiber prepreg sheets of less than 490 GPa are preferably used. Moreover, as long as the support performance or conveyance performance as a conveying member is not impaired, it is also possible to add the prepreg sheet containing the said glass fiber or other fiber to a part.

By using the unidirectional prepreg sheet in which the pitch-based carbon fibers are arranged without a perforation line in the longitudinal direction of the conveying member, high rigidity and strength can be obtained, and high vibration damping properties of the pitch-based carbon fibers themselves are not impaired. If a slit or the like is partially formed, these characteristics may be impaired.

As the carbon fiber, the pitch-based one has a high elastic modulus, and the PAN-based one has a high tensile strength. Further, the circular prepreg sheet includes a unidirectional sheet in which reinforcing fibers are oriented in the same direction, and a cloth sheet such as plain weave, twill, runner fabric, and triaxial fabric. As the pitch-based carbon fiber prepreg sheet, it is particularly preferable to use a unidirectional sheet. Such a unidirectional sheet is manufactured in the form of a sheet by impregnating a matrix resin with a plurality of carbon fiber bundles in an aligned state, for example.

The circular prepreg sheet is prepared by different types of reinforcing fibers by varying the type of reinforcing fibers, varying the use ratio of reinforcing fibers to the matrix resin, or by changing the orientation state of the reinforcing fibers. Depending on the application, it is preferable to select a plurality of circular prepreg sheets to be used in order to form an optimal bending rigid CFRP member.

Moreover, the prepreg sheet piece of a predetermined dimension is similarly formed also about all the said circular prepreg sheets. Next, the prepreg sheet piece is laminated and affixed on each surface of the core material (lamination step). Since the prepreg sheet piece is in an uncured state and has a certain adhesive strength, the prepreg sheet piece is stuck only by stacking the sheets sequentially on the core material subjected to the release treatment.

In this case, while heating with an iron or the like, the film is brought into close contact with the film or sheet on the lower layer, and the film is closely laminated until the desired thickness (for example, about 1 to 7 mm) is achieved. The desired thickness in this case predicts the volume reduction when the prepreg sheet is cured by heat, and is preferably slightly thicker than the required plate thickness of the CFRP plate of the conveying member 1. Lamination of the prepreg sheet is a multi-stage lamination with a unidirectional sheet in which the carbon fibers are oriented (hereinafter referred to as " 90 ° orientation ") at approximately right angles (90 ± 5 °) to the longitudinal direction as the innermost (ie, the lowest layer). And multi-stage lamination | stacking the unidirectional sheet which is oriented (henceforth "0 degree orientation") orthogonally parallel (0 +/- 5 degrees) with respect to the longitudinal direction on the upper surface. In this case, in addition to the sheet, the unidirectional sheet is inclined 45 ° clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the longitudinal direction of the conveying member, thereby aligning the reinforcing fibers in the inclined direction (45 ± 15 ° or 135 ± 15 °) ( Hereinafter, a two-way cloth (fabric) prepreg in which a layer made of `` 45 ° or 135 ° orientation '' or reinforcing fibers cross each other at right angles is used, and this is 45 ° clockwise with respect to the longitudinal direction of the conveying member. By tilting, a layer made of a cloth prepreg sheet orientating the orientation direction of the reinforcing fibers in two directions of 45 ° and 135 ° may be combined and laminated. In this case, the 0 ° orientation sheet has warpage prevention properties and vibration damping characteristics in the longitudinal direction. The 90 ° orientation sheet has the effect of suppressing the collapse of the hollow structure. In addition, the torsional rigidity and the torsional vibration damping characteristics are further improved by combining the 45 ° orienting sheet and the 135 ° orienting sheet. The cloth sheet has an effect according to the above combination of unidirectional sheets.

In addition, you may combine winding and sticking of a sheet piece.

For example, the innermost layer winds the cloth prepreg sheet around the entire core material. Thereafter, each of the four surfaces is separately laminated in a rectangular shape, and these laminates are attached to each of the four surfaces of the core material. Finally, the method of winding the outermost cloth prepreg sheet around the core material is mentioned. In addition, the innermost layer may wind the cloth prepreg sheet around the entire core material, then wrap the prepreg laminated material having a predetermined thickness, which is laminated in advance, and finally, the cloth prepreg sheet may be wound around the core material.

When the dimension of a conveyance member is comparatively small, for example, when width is 100 mm or less and height is 50 mm or less, a 90 degree orientation sheet may be abbreviate | omitted and you may comprise only a cloth prepreg sheet and a 0 degree orientation sheet.

In that case, an innermost layer is arrange | positioned by winding a cloth prepreg sheet around the whole periphery of the core material, and then winding the 0 degree orientation sheet laminated material of the predetermined thickness laminated | stacked previously, or affixing on four surfaces of a core material, and finally The method of winding a cloth prepreg sheet around the whole periphery of a core material can be taken.

In addition, it is preferable to make a cloth prepreg sheet into a lowermost layer (innermost side) from a lamination process from a viewpoint of the hole formation process, such as the fixing hole 18 as shown to FIG. 1 (a). By forming the cloth prepreg sheet in the lowermost layer as described above, it is possible to prevent fluffing and cracking occurring at the processing site when post-processing such as cutting or opening is performed. As a result, the workability is improved, and there is also an advantage that there is no fear of damaging precise workpieces such as a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, and a silicon wafer. In addition, although the example shown in FIG.1 (a) has shown the example which provided two fixing holes 18, it is not limited to this, What is necessary is just to form the required number suitably according to the size of a conveyance member, etc.

Moreover, since the contribution rate to the property (namely bending rigidity etc.) of the conveyance member 1 is as high as the sheet laminated | stacked on the upper layer (namely, the outer sheet | seat), a 0 degree orientation sheet is made upper layer than a 90 degree orientation sheet | seat. Lamination | stacking is preferable from a viewpoint of bending prevention property. In view of this, the combination and stacking order of the prepreg sheets to be used are determined.

In particular, in this invention, the pitch type carbon fiber prepreg sheet of 490-950 Pa is used as a 0 degree orientation sheet.

When laminating | stacking this pitch type prepreg sheet, it is preferable from a viewpoint of heightening vibration damping property that a flexible resin layer is interposed between the layers. Specifically, a plurality of pitch-based carbon fiber prepreg sheets are laminated so as to have a desired film thickness, then a tape material that is a flexible resin layer is laminated, and a pitch-based carbon fiber prepreg sheet is further laminated thereon to have a desired film thickness. . By heat-hardening this, the structure by which the flexible resin layer was interposed between the pitch system CFRP layers is obtained.

In manufacturing the footnote pipe-shaped member described in the present embodiment, the structure in which the flexible resin layer is interposed between the pitch-based CFRP layers is disposed on the upper and lower surfaces of the footnote pipe (upper and lower surfaces at the time of use of the conveying member). Therefore, the side surface does not need to be inserted through the flexible resin layer.

In this way, by laminating | stacking a prepreg sheet on all the surfaces of a core material, the laminated member of the state which formed the laminated body of the prepreg sheet in the outer peripheral surface of a core material is formed. Thereafter, the cloth prepreg sheet is wound around the outer periphery of the laminated member by one winding or a small number of windings and coated (coating step).

In addition, the cloth prepreg sheet is a sheet in an uncured state in which the matrix resin is impregnated with the reinforcing fibers woven in a plurality of directions, and the reinforcing fibers include woven carbon fibers, particularly PAN-based carbon fibers, glass fibers, Aramid fiber, silicon carbide fiber, etc. are preferable. Moreover, the sheet | seat with high flexibility and adhesiveness is preferable so that it may adhere to a laminated member and can coat | cover.

After this coating process, the damping plate etc. are pressed from all sides and the uncured member of this state is put in a vacuum bag etc., and is heated, and the conveyance member 1 of this embodiment is formed. The heating conditions in this case are heated and heated at a rate of 2 to 10 ° C./min from room temperature, held at about 100 to 190 ° C. for about 10 to 180 minutes, after which the heating is stopped and the temperature is lowered by natural cooling to room temperature. Return

Since any prepreg sheet contains a thermosetting resin, it hardens | cures in the state stuck to each other in each sheet surface and sheet edge part. Moreover, in the part which interposes a flexible resin layer, you may form the part which pastes so that the sheets arrange | positioned above and below may adhere on both ends of a flexible resin layer. In addition, putting the uncured member into the vacuum bag has the purpose of sucking air bubbles such as sheets generated in the lamination step and adding the external pressure (that is, atmospheric pressure) to the uncured member almost equally.

Moreover, you may add the external pressure of a specific direction with respect to an uncured member. For example, the gap between the sticking plate and the thickness setting plate is prevented, and the upper surface (that is, the work support surface) of the conveying member 1 is improved by pressurizing it from the upper side with the middle stone or the like, or the conveying member 1 ) Accuracy (in particular, thickness) is increased, and the bonding property at the edge of the prepreg sheet is improved by pressing with force or the like in the direction in which the bonding interfaces are pressed together.

Thereafter, the core material is removed (extraction step). Thereby, the conveyance member 1 of a hollow structure is formed. According to this embodiment, since the conveyance member 1 is comprised not as a CFRP solid material but as a hollow structure, weight reduction can be implement | achieved. Therefore, for example, in the case of the long conveying member which comprises the robot hand attached to a holder etc., bending and a vibration can be prevented from generate | occur | producing in the front-end part by self weight or the load of a workpiece | work, and the support precision and conveyance of a workpiece | work can be prevented. The precision can be improved.

The conveying member made of CFRP formed as described above is preferably in the range of about 2 to 20 mm, preferably about 2 to 10 mm, and more preferably about 2 to 4 mm at the portion where the thickness includes the flexible resin layer. Do.

Moreover, in order to prevent the crack at the time of shaping | molding, it is preferable that the prepreg layer laminated | stacked on a flexible resin layer has 0.5 mm or more, Preferably it is 1 mm or more by the film thickness after conversion to CFRP.

Under the present circumstances, in order to prevent the crack at the time of shaping | molding and a punching, you may interpose another reinforcement fiber, for example, PAN system prepreg sheet between one pitches between pitch-type prepreg sheets. In addition, the pitch CFRP layer disposed on both surfaces of the flexible resin layer is preferably set to the same thickness.

The flexible resin layer may be interposed between all the layers in the longitudinal direction of the conveying member, or may be partially interposed. In the case of partially interposed, the intercalator may be interposed in a range of 1/3 or more continuously from the fixed side of the conveying member.

Moreover, the hollow part of the conveyance member 1 is an air supply in the case of non-contact support of a workpiece | work, a suction path in the case of carrying out suction support of a workpiece | work, or the wiring in the case of attaching a sensor etc. to the tip of a conveyance member, etc. It can also be used as. According to the present embodiment, since the so-called attaching plate when laminating the prepreg sheet on the core material and the so-called medium-type when heat-molding the conveying member 1 are in charge, formation of the CFRP plate (i.e., prepreg) Lamination | stacking of a leg sheet) and shaping | molding (namely, mutual bonding with the prepreg sheet of an adjacent wall part) of a conveyance member can be performed simultaneously.

In addition, since the outer circumferential surface is coated with a cloth prepreg sheet, it is possible to prevent fluffing and cracking occurring at the processing site when post-processing such as cutting or opening is performed. This also has the advantage that the processability is improved and there is no fear of damaging precise workpieces such as liquid crystal displays, plasma displays, silicon wafers, and the like.

In addition, the coating by the cloth prepreg sheet also has the advantage that the burr, the step and the like generated at the joining portion of the prepreg sheet edge portion can be covered to improve aesthetics or reinforce the joining portion of the prepreg sheet. Moreover, the method of the said patent document 3 of the elongate prepreg sheet is wound up and laminated on the outer peripheral surface of a core material as a manufacturing method of a conveyance member.

In the above description, a footnote pipe shape having a substantially constant cross-sectional shape has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, but it is also possible to have a structure in which a part of the tapered shape or the lower surface as illustrated in Patent Document 4 is removed. The vibration damping effect described is added, and a further excellent conveyance member is obtained.

The external dimensions of the conveying member are not particularly limited, and the length is a necessary and sufficient length sufficient to support the workpiece, and the height and the width are the weight of the workpiece to be supported, the number of the conveying members used when constructing the robot hand, and the like. Therefore, what is necessary is just to optimize optimally.

Example

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Examples, but the present invention is not limited to Examples.

(1) one-way prepreg sheet A1, A2

Pitch system high elastic modulus carbon fiber "XN-80" (tension modulus of 780 kPa) is oriented in one direction, and it is "XN-80" prepreg which impregnated epoxy resin to this. The carbon fiber mass per unit area contained in the prepreg sheet is 250 g / m 2 and the epoxy resin content is 33 mass%, and the thickness of one prepreg sheet is 0.21 mm. One-way prepreg sheet A is used as a 0 degree material in which the orientation direction of the reinforcement fiber becomes substantially parallel with respect to the longitudinal direction of a conveyance member.

(2) one-way prepreg sheet B1, B2

It is "T700S" prepreg which Orient Co., Ltd. product PAN type carbon fiber "T700S" (tension modulus of 230 GPa) was oriented in one direction, and this impregnated with an epoxy resin. The carbon fiber mass per unit area contained in the prepreg sheet was 269 g / m 2 and the epoxy resin content was 33 mass%, and the thickness of one prepreg sheet was 0.26 mm.

(3) cloth prepreg sheets C, D

It is "T300" cloth prepreg which made plain weave so that carbon fiber might cross orthogonally using Toray Co., Ltd. product PAN system carbon fiber "T300" (tensile modulus: 230 GPa). The carbon fiber mass per unit area contained in the prepreg sheet was 200 g / m 2 and the epoxy resin content: 44 mass%, and the thickness of the prepreg sheet was 0.24 mm. This cloth prepreg sheet is laminated | stacked so that the orientation angle of a reinforcing fiber may be 0 degrees and 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal direction of a conveyance member.

(4) matrix resin

As the epoxy resin used as the matrix resin, one having a tensile modulus of 2500 MPa measured by curing the resin alone was used.

(5) flexible resin layer

An SBR sheet (tension modulus: 85 MPa) having a thickness of 0.15 mm was used. Sheets made of SBR are used only on the upper and lower sides of the footnote pipe, not on the sides.

Example 1

A prepreg in which a rectangular MC nylon having a thickness of 11.1 mm and a width of 52.8 mm was prepared as a core material, and the cloth prepreg sheet D and PAN-based carbon fibers of 0 ° and 90 ° orientations were oriented 90 ° in the longitudinal direction of the core material in the innermost layer. Prepreg sheet A2, prepreg sheet B1, sheet made of SBR, prepreg sheet A1, and outermost layer cloth prepreg sheet having 0 ° and 90 ° orientations on the sheet B2, pitch-based carbon fiber in the longitudinal direction of the core material 0 °. C was sequentially laminated to the core material with the number of laminations shown in Table 1 below, followed by heat curing, and after curing, the core material was removed, and the width 60 mm, height 18 mm, thickness (upper and lower surface 3.46 mm, side surface 3.60 mm), length 2445 mm. Each pipe-shaped conveying member A was obtained. In addition, the cloth prepreg sheet D of a lowermost layer winds a continuous one layer around a core material, and, as shown in following Table 1 on the upper and lower surfaces of each pipe, prepreg sheet B2, prepreg sheet A2, prepreg sheet B1, SBR The laminate of the first sheet and the prepreg sheet A1 is attached to both sides of the laminate of the prepreg sheet B1 shown in Table 2 below, and finally, the cloth prepreg sheet C is wound around the entire circumference of the core material on the outermost layer. It was. Further, all prepregs may be wound and laminated in a hanging manner. Thus, the conveyance member 1 made from CFRP which has a laminated structure as shown to FIG. 1 (c) was obtained. In Fig. 1 (c), reference numeral 11 denotes 0/90 ° cloth CFRP obtained from the cloth prepreg sheet D, reference numeral 12 denotes 90 ° PAN-based CFRP obtained from the prepreg sheet B2, reference code 13 denotes 0 obtained from the prepreg sheet A2. Pitch system CFRP, 14 is 90 degree PAN system CFRP obtained from the prepreg sheet B1, 15 is the flexible resin layer which consists of SBR sheets, 16 is 0 degree pitch CFRP obtained from the prepreg sheet A1, 17 is 0/90 ° cloth CFRP obtained from cloth prepreg sheet C.

Example 2

In Example 1, it carried out similarly to Example 1 except having made the SBR sheet | seat interposed between prepreg sheet A1 and B1 into the length from the fixed side to 2/3 of the longitudinal direction of a conveyance member. The member B was obtained.

Example 3

In Example 1, it carried out similarly to Example 1 except having made the SBR sheet | seat interposed between prepreg sheet A1 and B1 into the length from the fixed side to 1/3 of the longitudinal direction of a conveyance member. Member C was obtained.

Comparative Example 1

In Example 1, the conveyance member D was obtained like Example 1 except not having inserted the SBR sheet between prepreg sheets A1 and B1.

About the conveyance member obtained by the Example and comparative example of this invention, bending vibration damping characteristic was measured in the following method.

As shown in FIG. 3, the range of 175 mm was set up from the one end of the conveyance member 1 with the fixing jig 21 from top to bottom, and it was horizontally maintained in a cantilevered state. The strain gauge 24 was affixed from the fixed part to the upper surface and the lower surface corresponded to the part of 75 mm in the longitudinal direction, ie, 250 mm from the end of the conveyance member on the fixed side. The conveyance member was vibrated by giving the initial 22 warpage by tying the weight 22 of the mass 22 kg using the aramid fiber 23 to the edge part of the free end side, and cutting | disconnecting the aramid fiber 23 with a cutting edge. From the bending strain in between, the vibration damping rate and the vibration damping time were measured.

It measured about all four types of conveying members A-C and a conveying member D which is a comparative example (without flexible resin layer) which concerns on this invention.

The vibration damping characteristic of the conveyance member A and the conveyance member D is shown together in FIG. In the conveyance member A which concerns on this invention which interposed the flexible resin layer, it turns out that vibration damping property was improved especially compared with the case of the conveyance member D which does not have a flexible resin layer.

In FIG. 5, four types of time until the initial deformation is attenuated by a predetermined amount of deformation (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 of the initial deformation) are displayed. As shown in the figure, it can be seen that the effect of improving vibration damping can be obtained even when the flexible resin layer is interposed between the fixed side and a length of 1/3.

1 conveying member
11 0/90 ° Cross CFRP Layer
12 90 ° PAN based CFRP layer
13 0 ° Pitch CFRP Layer
14 90 ° PAN Based CFRP Layer
15 flexible resin layer
16 Pitch Gauge CFRP Layer
17 0/90 ° Cross CFRP Layer
18 fixing holes
19 suction pad hole
2 holder
3 adsorption pad
10 Robot Hand
W walk

Claims (9)

High elastic modulus pitch-based carbon fiber reinforced resin composite material layer (pitch-based CFRP layer) and
A conveyance member made of CFRP, comprising a flexible resin layer having a lower tensile modulus than the matrix resin constituting the pitch-based CFRP layer. The method of claim 1,
The pitch-based CFRP layer is a unidirectional material in which carbon fibers are oriented without a perforation line in the longitudinal direction of the conveying member, and is made of a CFRP carrier having a structure in which a flexible resin layer is interposed between at least two pitch-based CFRP layers. absence. The method of claim 2,
The said flexible resin layer is a CFRP conveyance member which is a heat resistant rubber layer. The method according to claim 2 or 3,
The said CFRP conveyance member has a footnote pipe shape, At least two pitch-based CFRP layers are arrange | positioned at the upper and lower surfaces of the said footnote pipe, and the structure which has the said flexible resin layer interposed between the pitch-based CFRP layers is provided. CFRP conveyance member. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The said CFRP conveyance member is used in a cantilevered state, The said flexible resin layer was inserted in the range of 1/3 or more of the whole length continuously in the fixed end side, and a conveyance member made of CFRP. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A conveyance member made of CFRP comprising a PAN-based carbon fiber reinforced resin composite material layer. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The member for conveyance made from CFRP containing a cloth fiber reinforced resin composite material layer in an outermost layer. A robot hand mounted to an arm tip of an industrial robot, the robot hand having a support part for supporting a work and a holder part for holding and fixing the support part to the arm tip,
The said robot is a CFRP conveyance member of any one of Claims 1-7, The robot hand characterized by the above-mentioned. The method of claim 8,
A robot hand comprising at least two CFRP conveying members held and fixed to a holder in a cantilevered state.

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